Legatum Senior Fellow, Lord James O'Shaughnessy, explains why we need an activist approach to induct young people into the wonderful, tradition-rich but forward-looking culture of modern Britain. (Reaction)

NATO is in need of a shake-up, but such a project must be carried out with mutual respect and commitment, and with the understanding that the United States also benefits from its transatlantic military leadership—Anne Applebaum's latest for the Washinton Post.

The 2016 US election shows that it’s time to start a national conversation about fundamental political reform, writes Christian Caryl, editor of Democracy Lab and Legatum Institute Senior Fellow (Democracy Lab)

If Trump loses, the story isn’t over: His campaign will no doubt metastasise into a television channel and a news network, and will continue to spread, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

If you have no real vision for where your country is heading, it’s much easier to wallow in invented pasts then plan for the future—and politicians who most dislike facts are also the most enthusiastic nostalgists. By Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute (Quartz)

The deluge of information on the internet makes it ever harder for us to discern the truth—something the master of the Kremlin is exploiting in an attempt to wreck democracy, writes Peter Pomerantsev-Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (The Times, £)

The great forces that move history often have their origins at a much lower level. And some of them were visible last week on a cellphone in Manila, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Nick Clegg faced a furious backlash yesterday evening as he was rounded on for claiming food prices would jump after the UK leaves the EU, writes Jake Cordell with Shanker Singham contributing. (City AM)

It’s too early to crow about a “liberal wave,” let alone an international movement that deserves real attention. But a political realignment is taking place, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

The sooner true devolution starts, the sooner the people of Bolsover will feel as happy as those in West Somerset, writes Cristina Odone, Director of the Legatum Institute Centre for Character and Values. (Reaction)

We need a new strategy that develops competition and free trade for Britain and the world says Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies and Chairman of the Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission (Reaction)

On both ends of the spectrum, the two major British political parties are suddenly suffering from the same kinds of identity crises as their distant American cousins, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Legatum Institute Transitions Forum (Washington Post)

The tendency of commentators from all sides of the debate has been to seek information that confirms their prejudices. Our two think tanks have tried to take a different approach, writes Lord James O’Shaughnessy, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute and Baroness Stroud, Executive Director at the Centre for Social Justice (Conservative Home)

Russian meddling in the US election could spell a disaster for the democratic process and for any result that may occur, writes AnneApplebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Britain’s settlement with the EU will depend in part on how well it appears to have proceeded with the non-EU trade talks, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies and Chairman of the Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission (Financial Times)

Released from the strictures of the European Union, Britain can once more take its place at the centre of a network of trading relationships and agreements, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Chairman of the Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission (The Times)

The failing support and popularity for TTIP has much to do with a lack of governmental PR and information but Britain can still prosper post-Brexit. Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Chairman of the Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission is quoted in the Daily Telegraph.

While TTIP stumbles on towards an unknown destination, post-Brexit Britain has a chance to forge a better trade deal with the US writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Chairman of the Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission. (City A.M.)

Physical, human and political damage on an unprecedented scale. Syria has turned into a disaster because of non-intervention writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute. (Washington Post)

Brexit represents a historic opportunity for Britain to reclaim its leadership role in promoting open trade, competition and the protection of property rights says Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies and Chairman of the Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission. (Reaction)

The real problem with Trump isn’t that he is sympathetic to Russian oligarchs, it’s that he is a Russian oligarch, albeit one who happens to be American, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Brexit provides Britain with a wonderful opportunity to re-design one of the most ill-thought through policies of modern times argues Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies and Chairman of the Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission (Daily Telegraph)

Quoted in an article for Voice of America, Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute discusses the issues surrounding Brexit and the opportunities to build a vibrant trade network.

In a world with dictators and authoritarian leaders like Presidents Erdogan and Putin respectively, they look for allies that share their world-view and the paranoia to deal with their enemies, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Kremlin-backed television station Russia Today (RT) is propagating a steady and relentless stream of propaganda to turn viewers against the West, remarks Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (The Times)

As the furore around the Democratic National Committee email hack grows, fingers have started to point to Russian involvement and the implications for this are disturbing, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Spectator)

Russian media outlets’ disinformation campaigns during the Scottish Referendum represent a darker trend happening across the West to destabilise the region, with analysis provided by Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (The Times—£)

In the Post-Brexit economy, what are the political and economic advantages a VAT cut would bring about? City A.M. journalist Jake Cordell outlines the thoughts of the UK’s leading economic thinkers with comment provided by Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute. (City A.M.)

There has been much debate and speculation regarding the connection between Russia, Trump and the Presidential election. As the debate gathers momentum we must remember writes Anne Applebaumm, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute, that ‘‘the tycoon has plenty of shady Russian connections.’’

America needs President Clinton if it is to maintain the alliances that preserve international peace and maintain its power, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

The motives behind the WikiLeak emails scandal that has engulfed the Democratic Party during their Convention may have more sinister ulterior motives that point to a coordinated attempt by the Kremlin to influence the US election, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (National Post)

The parallels between the populist themes of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and the rise of anti-EU feeling in the UK as well as across Europe is striking and must be recognised if we are to do anything to address it, writes Christian Caryl, Legatum Institute Senior Fellow and editor of Democracy Lab (Politico)

Crimea, Putin, mass media and post-modernism all combine to make truth and reality fragmented and ungraspable, writes Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Granta)

Following Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump’s blatant plagiarism of a speech by Michelle Obama at the Republican National Convention, it not only caused great damage to Trump’s personal reputation and image but also did nothing to dispel the stereotypes surrounding Melania and her convictions, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is already achieving key objectives for the Russian government in the Kremlin and has the potential to destabilise the entire European region, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Following the furor surrounding the doping scandal around Russian athletes and the Olympic games, Moscow falls back on tropes essential to the presidents power, writes Peter Pomerantsev-Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Financial Times, £)

Following the UK’s choice to leave the European Union, the government must not rush into trade deals with other countries and complacently believe they all require a uniform approach to trade negotiation, writes Shanker Singham, Legatum Institute’s Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies (CapX)

The newly announced “48:52” project from the Legatum Institute and the Centre for Social Justice will seek to analyse why people made the choice they did in the EU Referendum and heal the divisions caused by it, as laid out by Lord James O’Shaughnessy, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute and Baroness Stroud, Executive Director at the Centre for Social Justice (Conservative Home)

In an article for CAPX, Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute discusses the issues surrounding the chancellors pledge to match EU funding for former programs. (CAPX)

Prime Minister’s choice of Cabinet members such as Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary reflect the country’s retreat as a powerful Western nation, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute.

The use of her children by Andrea Leadsom in the Conservative leadership race against Theresa May marked a new low for British politics, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Theresa May’s upbringing as the daughter of a clergyman will provide her with the morality needed to be Prime Minister, writes Hywel Williams, Senior Adviser at the Legatum Institute (London Evening Standard)

The UK would suffer the most if it withdrew into a protectionist culture following Brexit, writes Emily Redding, Research Consultant at the Legatum Institute and author of the report “Trading Up: New ideas for UK Exports” (POLITICO)

Post-Brexit, the old ideological differences that defined the political spectrum in UK political parties are now gone, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Following Brexit, the UK must appoint a special trade representative to ensure it gets the best possible deal for Britain, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy & Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (Reaction)

Is Brexit an opportunity for the left to respond to the ‘working class revolt’ among Britons, and reform capitalism for the better? Legatum Fellow Victoria Bateman argues that there are three categories of Leave voter, and each have very different motivations (LSE Blogs)

Opportunities are usually born out of crisis; in many ways, Britain has been dealt an exceptionally good hand. It is now time to play it, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (CapX)

The media should remember that many of the architects and proponents of the Brexit campaign are among Britain’s elite, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

The vote means important economic, political and social problems across Europe will not be addressed, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Losing Europe as a carrier of classical liberalism would be a disaster for Europe and for the world, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (CapX)

In an article for the Economic Times of India, the Legatum Institute's Shanker Singham explains why simply being 'business-friendly' is not enough to lift the country's people out of poverty. For true reform, government policies must also be 'market-friendly'.

Over the past week, two men have committed murder in highly charged circumstances. Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute, asks whether the killers’ actions are the result of personality disorders, political motivation, or both? (Washington Post)

Governments need to understand the difference between legitimate prudential regulation, and a naked attempt by an incumbent to knock out competitors and protect a privileged position, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (City A.M.)

The impact of an exit from the European Union on low-income households can be expected to be severe—particularly if the government wishes to balance its books, writes Legatum Fellow Victoria Bateman (BloombergView)

Obama has warned that Britain will lose its preferred position at the TTIP negotiating table if it leaves the EU. But that's not how trade deals are done, argues Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (Voice of America)

The nature of information in the social media age means it keeps getting easier for politicians, partisans, computerised “bots” and foreign governments to manipulate news, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

The British property market functions like an old-fashioned Swiss bank, providing safe real estate investments for owners who wish their identities and sources of income to be hidden, argues Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

A world of open trade, where competition on the merits is the economy’s organising principle, is a world that delivers growth, hope and opportunity in a sustainable, fair and more equitable manner, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (CapX).

It's time to remember that looking after our elderly parents should be seen as a privilege, rather than a chore, writes Cristina Odone, Director of the Centre for Character and Values at the Legatum Institute (Daily Telegraph)

Legatum Fellow Victoria Bateman stresses the importance of promoting free enterprise and innovation in the arts industry. The arts have a significant economic contribution to make, especially in regional redevelopment (BloombergView)

How can a slum-dweller be happier than a City high-flyer? Because we have forgotten what matters: family, trust and charity, writes Cristina Odone, Director of the Centre for Character and Values at the Legatum Institute (The Times)

Donald Trump’s new campaign manager returns to US politics after many years spent working for Ukraine’s thuggish former president, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

In Washington, the opposition to a British withdrawal from the European Union is deep, broad and bipartisan, shared by liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans alike writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (The Spectator)

The dawning realisation that Britain has never, and will never commit to political union, means that regardless of what happens in the Brexit referendum, Britain is on a path to an alternative 'landing zone', writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (CapX)

The referendum has produced the awkward spectacle of a Labour leader having to ditch his lifelong anti-Europeanism, and a Conservative prime minister whose survival is reliant on left-wing voters, writes Legatum fellow Tim Montgomerie (CapX)

The Dutch vote against a European trade deal with Ukraine shows the power of small groups of angry people, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post).

The Conservatives have turned their backs on tradition with a short-sighted policy that ignores the costs of social care, writes Cristina Odone, Director of the Centre for Character and Values at the Legatum Institute (The Times)

The British government must act now to ensure its trading partners deliver not only open trade, but equally importantly competitive markets inside the border, undistorted by anti-competitive practices and policies, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (CapX)

The sense of Western unity inspired by terror attacks—and felt as recently as Paris—is gone, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute, in her latest Washington Post column.

The status quo in the Western democracies is under attack—and its defenders are looking more listless by the hour, writes Christian Caryl, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute and editor of Democracy Lab.

The protectionist policies put forward by US Republican candidates, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, will be the biggest job-killer we have seen since the Great Depression, writes Shanker Singham, Director of Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute (CapX)

In her latest column for the Washington Post, Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute, fears we are two or three bad elections away from the end of the liberal world order.

Replacing European science grants with British government grants will not repair the damage to the science base of the economy should Britain decide to leave the EU, argues Victoria Bateman, Legatum Fellow (BloombergView)

The nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions herald a diplomatic change, but the nature of the regime has not altered, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Legatum Institute’s Transitions Forum (Washington Post)

Britain has been cosying up to Russian money for years, and a dead spy isn’t going to change that, writes Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Foreign Policy)

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